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7. R. ohtusifdlius (Broad-leaved Dockj. — A tall, stout species, 

 2 — 3 feet high, with ascending branches ; lower leaves ovate- 

 oblong, cordate, blunt, finely crenate, wavy, with slender stalks ; 

 upper oblong-lanccolatc ; flowers in distant whorls, leafless above ; 

 inner peri anih -segments long, triangular,- blunt, with netted veins 

 and usually strong teeth at the base, and an ovoid red or brown 

 wart. — Waste places; common. — Fl. July — September. ]'erennial. 



8. R ■ c r i s p u s 

 (Curled Dock)— The 

 (ommonest of the 

 Docks, I — 3 feet high, 

 branched ; leaves stalk- 

 ed, lanceolate, acute, 

 wavy, and crisped ; 

 flowers in crowded 

 whorls forming a pani- 

 cle, with erect branches, 

 leafy below, often 

 tinged with a bright 

 red ; inner perianlh-seg- 

 menls c(]ual, cordate, 

 blunt, netted, green cjr 

 red, with a small, 

 smooth wart. — Waste 

 places ; far too com- 

 mon. — f'l June — 

 October. Perennial. 



9. R. donicsliens 

 ( 1 .ong - leaved \\'ater 

 ])ock). — A very ro- 

 bust, smooth species, 

 1 -4 feet high ; leaves 

 very large, lanceolate, 

 waved, and crisped, on 

 semi-cylindric ]ietioles 



with slightl)" raised edges ; fJincers in crowded whorls, forming a 

 large, dense, lobed panicle, leafy at the base onl\' ; inin-r perianth- 

 segments broadly cordate, membranous, netted, without warts. — 

 Jv'leadows in the north ; frequent ; preferring spots liable to be 

 flooded. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



io. R. Uydrold path urn (Clreat Water Dock). — A piclurescjue 

 plant, 3 — (> feet high, erect, branched, smooth ; leaves often more 

 than a foot long, lanceolate, acute, often cordate at the base, 

 finely crenate on long petioles which are not winged : flowers 



